Abstract: A system and method for collecting from an ASR, a first rating of an intelligibility of human speech, and collecting another intelligibility rating of such speech from networked listeners to such speech. The first rating and the second rating are weighed based on an importance to a user of the ratings, and a third rating is created from such weighted two ratings.

Abstract: A system and method of speech instruction including generating computer audible speech from any text that is to be spoken by a human speaker, recording the human speech of the text data that was repeated by the human speaker based on the computer generated speech, evaluating the human speech by an automated speech recognition engine to determine a quality of the human speech, and providing feedback to the speaker.

Abstract: A method and system for altering an operational mode of evaluating and responding to verbal input from a user to a mobile device if conditions make such evaluation incompatible with a favorable user experience. Automated speech recognition (ASR) evaluation of verbal input may be performed on a mobile platform to continue a flow of the user experience. Evaluation of the verbal input may continue at a backend when conditions allow for transmission of recorded input to the backend.